Reviews: Larry, Mysterious Island, Silver Earring

Written by Marek Bronstring — November 24, 2004 at 12:43

Computer And Video Games had a romp with Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, giving it a score of 65/100:

"It would be an extremely unfussy onanist that turned to Leisure Suit Larry for any kind of sexual stimulation - although the loading screens do feature real semi-naked women - but that's not really the point. Essentially a pornographic playground, it's proof that games don't necessarily have to be about sport, war or goblins."

At Gamehelper and Gamezone, Return To Mysterious Island lapped up scores of 8/10 and 7.3/10, respectively:

"RTMI’s puzzles...are all founded on everyday behavior and logic. When Mina first arrives on the island, she’s hungry and too weak to do much, so she has to find something to eat before she can proceed. After she finds clay, a potter’s wheel, and a kiln, it’s not too big a leap to figure out how exactly she’ll carry water from place to place. Solving the puzzles in RTMI is far less frustrating because the answer is almost always fairly clear, it’s just a question of how to achieve it. Also much like real life, the problems in RTMI usually have more than one solution, allowing for different kinds of thinking"

And Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring received a score of 8.2/10 at Warcry:

"I have to say I was quite disappointed in the moveability of the characters throughout. Being more of an FPS or action-type gamer, I wanted mobility and ease of handling. Instead I was met with 2D frustration at every turn. Not only did I have to move my character to exactly the right spot (for the cursor to turn to feet, signaling a zoning area, i.e. the next part of that screen), but sometimes he wouldn't move at all. I was irritated beyond belief when I entered a room and couldn't see the whole room from where I stood and had to go through so many maneuvers to get my character where I wanted him to go."